Ticklepenny Lock Tf 351889

KEDDINGTON ALVINGHAM ROAD TF 38 NE (east side) 8/28 Ticklepenny Lock 15.4.85 TF 351889 II

Lock. 1767, by John Grundy. Red brick, limestone ashlar dressings, timber and some cast iron. Lock chamber walls of 4 concave brick sections on either side with timber posts, now partially intact and exposed, in between each section. Posts partly hidden by large ashlar blocks. Top of chamber walls ashlar coped. At either end the exposed timber beams survive where original lock gates hung. The end sections of embankment slope downwards to curved ends, and contained arched openings for over shoots. 3rd section to west now masked by C20 concrete road bridge which crosses lock. Small fragments of iron fixtures to lock gates remain. Navigation abandoned in 1924.

Listing NGR: TF3503688942